–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Aah Carthagène des Indes, quelle jolie ville balnéaire! Une trentaine de degrés, la plage, le port, le pied! Et aussi un grand rôle dans l’Histoire colombienne grâce à sa situation géographique. C’est une ville très visitée, les touristes affluent pour voir les bastions, les forteresses, et les monuments datant de […]
Category: Colombian Culture
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The story of how a particular beat went from moving the hips of African slaves newly arrived on Colombian soil courting the local indigenous ladies, to the collective hips of a continent is a fascinating, if fairly contested, one. Cumbia, the two-step dance said to have originated in chained […]
Para leer esto en español, haz clic aquí. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In December we were invited to tour the magnificent landscapes of south-eastern Antioquia. On our second day we headed towards Támesis or, as our guide Rodrigo called it, ‘The Land of Constant Return’. Only three hours from Medellin and close to the […]
Les festivités de décembre en Colombie sont très catholiques et elles commencent le 7 décembre. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– La Journée des Bougies Le 7 décembre, les Colombiens se réunissent pour fêter l’Immaculée Conception de la Vierge Marie: cette festivité s’appelle El Dia de las Velitas, (la Journée des Bougies). Lors de cette […]
Tengo el privilegio de compartir con ustedes el primer post del año. Mientras algunos siguen disfrutando de sus vacaciones por nuestra hermosa Colombia, otros están saliendo del guayabo del fin de año, también están los que ven esta fecha como una oportunidad de comenzar de nuevo, hacen una retrospección hasta ahora, analizan lo que deben […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– As far as I remember, Christmas traditions in Sydney, Australia go something like this. You spend December stressing out about which ridiculously overpriced dance party you’ll invest all that money you should be buying presents for your family with, fight through the crowd gawking at the fireworks, get ridiculously […]
2013 at See Colombia Travel was exhilarating, exciting and at times exhausting, with posts now being published in Spanish and French as well as English. So as you sit back, full of Christmas cheer and, of course, Christmas food, we thought we’d take a look at some of the posts that most caught your attention […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– As we may have mentioned a couple of hundred times or so already, Colombia is amazing in December. The cities are lit up like casinos, and everybody seems to be – if that’s even possible – in a better mood. The world-famous happiness of Colombians appears to be turned […]
’Tis the night before Christmas and all through the land –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombians are sleeping, even the cumbia band. Las botas are hung by the chimney with care, Novenas all done, smell of natilla in the air; Chigüiros nestle in the Andean heights, Cities aglow with the twinkle of lights. […]
Do you like Gilesy’s writing? If so, please take one minute to leave a comment of at least ten words here to help him win the award for best ex-pat blogger. Thanks! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– If I were to be glibly simplistic, as is my wont, I could say that Colombia is music; and […]